Dutch elm dis·ease
noun/ˌdʌtʃ ˈelm dɪziːz/
/ˌdʌtʃ ˈelm dɪziːz/
[uncountable]- a disease that kills elm trees
荷兰榆病；榆枯萎病 CultureDutch elm disease is caused by a fungus carried by a type of insect. It seriously affected elm trees in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, killing about 20 million of them.